Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Locksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a Locksmith soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 360 pp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Coral (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and white tie. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Five has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Burgell was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 900 gp.